The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-22
The FISH COMMISSION.
4 BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THEIR IN
TERESTING WORK.
The Robbery Of Paymsster Bush oc-
cupying the Attention Of the
Department Of Justice.


severe one at sea, the Fish Commission
succeeded in Matching about 80, 000, 600
cod eggs, bringing the young up by
hand, 80 to speak, 10 the aga OF sell
feeding adolescence and turning them
loose ia the ocean. This "crop' will
be ripe four or five years hence.
Among the ia ks that the Commission
has set for itself to be undertaken inn
medistsly is that Of attempting TO re-
people our coast waters with halibut.
Despite toe theory Of some eminent
scientists that the efforts CT mankind
can never make suy depreciable de-
crease in the f,od supplies OF the
OCEAN, the supply Of this valuable food
fish has been de pleted in waters where
it was once common, aud such as re-
main Turk Ia dep hs Of from $50 to
400 fathoms They may be taken with
hook ard line, but difficulty is ex-
perienced in bringing them from such
dep'h with enough Of vitality rs.
mainiug TO make them servicssble 10
the Ocmm iss!on. The task viii re-
Qnile time aud careful experl-
incubation. Encouragement, how
ever, is found in the fact that sir
gle ventuIesome individual OF the
species has recently BEEN taken in the
lower Po'omac-the first instance Of
the kind known to the Commission
with It's stomach full of fresh water
fish, upon which it was to all appear
ance thriving, The attempt will
probably BIS made to plant the ha 'ibut
in Chesapeake bay. The Fish Com
mission people have radical notions
respecting the fl ,heries troubles with
Canada, and speak in no gentle terms
OF the efforts of cur neighb9rs to so
harrass our fishermen IS TO force wsr
for their own products in our markets,
which it is declared is the impellinS
motive in all their lat9 operations.
M. A La Tame, Chief Clerk of the
Headquarters OF the Army, died here
yesterday.
Commander S. Fl. Davis, of the
United States training ship Saratoga,
reports to the Navy Department, un-
der date Of Port OF Spain, Tjinidsd,
March 81, that while at San Fernando
anchorage ON the Oath ultimo, an acct
dent occurred by the swampipg of a
small boat BY which paymaster' g clerk,
Albert Tay'or Cowie j. Coates, spoth-
ecaTy; II. I'll. Hssse, armorer, and Will
liam Foster, coxswain, lost their lives.
The atteDti n OF the Department of
Justice has bsea called by the War
Department to the robbery OF d. N.
Bash, of $7400, near Fort Laramie, w.
T., and it is probable that reward
will be offered for the arrest OF the
perpetrators of the robbery. In the
absence of particulars OF the affair,
the opinion ia enteIt sined that the
paymsster was not robbed in person,
but that the express bearing remit
tances of funds seat by him TO other
forts were stolen.
Kansas City, No., was today made a
reserve city under the provisions OF
the act passed at the last session of
Congress
1t is said that W. W. Stewart, of Des
Moints, Ia, will be appointed Col
lector OF Internal Revenue for the
Second District of Iowa, vice W. @.
Thompson, deceased.
George A. Dee, Postc flee Inspec-
tor for the ST. Louis, Mo-, division, has
resigned.
Acting Secl etaly Fairchild aud
Solicitor McOue, today, approved the
bond of 9. f. Sbultzs as Assistant
Treasurer at St Louis, Mo, in the
cum oil 100000.
Instructions were issutd to the AS.
sisant Treasures a. New York, P0il-
sdelphia snd Boston 10 receive de-
posts for ST. and 81 silver certificates
today and 10 resume the issue OF these
notes.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from the mint during the week end
ing March l9.h vas $4o6,S05; during
the corresponding period Of last year,
$416,450 The shipments of fractional
silver coin since March lst amounted
to 1892 ,03S.
The Acting Secretary of the Treas
ury has appointed the following store
keepers aud gaugers: Ashby M. Bed
ford, al Jeffersonville, KY; Thomas
Rodney, lat Frankfort, KY; Michael
Crotty, az Cincinnati, O., and Thomas
NJ. Sharp, at Nichols county, KY.
Although tomorrow has bsen fixed
for opening the proposals for furnish.
irg 1910 tons of gan steel and 45OC
tors of steel srmor plates required by
the Naval Department for the moni'
tors and cruisers, no proposals have
yet been received at the department.
1t is believed, however. that there
will be fair presentation Of the
steel manufacturers of the country
present at the hour sat for opening
the proposals, and that they will fol
low prectce which has grown up o.
withholding bids until the last mo
ment as a measure Of safety.
The President made the following
appointments this afternoon: George
e. Pritchett, United States Distric
Attorney for Nebraska; Emory B.
Sellars, United States District Attor
ney for Indiana, and Thomas Hayden
United States District Attorney fol
Nevada.
The Treasury Department has takeI
adverse action on the application o
the officers of the "Ho Wong Jos
House" OF San Francisco, a society
established for alleged religious pur
poses, for the free entry Of figure o
a dragon representing the God or joss
Ho Wong. The figure is about Isl
feet long and is composed of paper
silk, metal, glass, feathers, tinsel ant
goals hair. The application is baseC
on the provisions OF law for the fre'
entry of philosophical and scientifi
apparatus, statuary, paintings, draw
ings," ETC., and for "ragalia, gems
statutes and specimens Of sculpture
where specially imported in goo,
faith for the use OF any socist.
incorporated or established for re
ligious purposes" The department
held that the image is not included il
the list OF the articles above mentioned
and lie therefore not entitled to fire.
entry.